Scavenging energy and information through dynamically regulating the electrical double layer

X Li, ZL Wang, D Wei - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The electrical double layer (EDL) between solids and liquids serves as the primary interface
for ionic‐electronic coupling and is pivotal in nanoscale phenomena, governing electric field …

Entropy generation on EMHD transport of couple stress fluid with slip-dependent zeta potential under electrokinetic effects

T Siva, S Jangili, B Kumbhakar - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
This study theoretically explores the electroosmotic and electromagnetohydrodynamic
(EMHD) transport of couple stress fluid in a microchannel subjected to an applied magnetic …

Electroosmotic flow and heat transfer through a polyelectrolyte-grafted microchannel with modulated charged surfaces

J Wang, F Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the electroosmotic flow and heat transfer of incompressible Newtonian fluid
through a polyelectrolyte-grafted microchannel with modulated charged surfaces are …

Effect of hydrodynamic slip on thermoelectric response in negatively-charged nanofluidic channels

WH Huang, CC Chang, RJ Yang - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanofluidic thermoelectrics has attracted significant interest recently due to its potential for
low-grade heat recovery. However, the impact of hydrodynamic slippage on power …

Numerical investigation of electroconvection transport of polymer electrolyte solutions on a perfectly selective membrane

DL Chen, ZY Zhang, YM Zhang, K Luo, HL Yi - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion-selective properties are widely used in desalination, energy storage in batteries,
electroplating, etc. This paper presents a direct numerical simulation of electroconvective …

Thermal gradient and elastic dependence of induced charge electro-osmosis in viscoelastic fluids

DL Chen, XP Luo, ZG Su, K Luo, HL Yi - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Induced charge electro-osmosis has notable implementation possibilities in thermal
management and efficient electrokinetic micropumps. We present the coupled numerical …

Dimension unification and dominance evaluation of multi-physical parameters for nanochannel-based ionic thermoelectric energy conversion using similarity principle

H Zhu, Z Qu, Q Wang, J Zhang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Ionic thermoelectric (i-TE) systems convert low-grade heat into electricity based on ion
migration driven by the Soret effect under a temperature gradient. Current research conducts …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical Study of the Time–Periodic Electroosmotic Flow of Viscoelastic Fluid through a Short Constriction Microchannel

J Ji, S Qian, AM Parker, X Zhang - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electroosmotic flow (EOF) is of utmost significance due to its numerous practical uses in
controlling flow at micro/nanoscales. In the present study, the time–periodic EOF of a …

Joule heating and Soret effects on an electro-osmotic viscoelastic fluid flow considering the generalized Phan-Thien–Tanner model

A Hernández, A Mora, JC Arcos, O Bautista - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This work analyzes the non-isothermal electro-osmotic fluid flow in a microchannel
considering the Soret effect and temperature-dependent properties. The constitutive …

Numerical and mechanistic analysis of active electroconvection modulation in polymer electrolyte solutions for ion transport and energy distribution

DL Chen, K Luo, C Yang, HL Yi - International Communications in Heat and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Active modulations of charged interfaces are of importance to both electrochemical research
and applications, where the overlimiting current response is linked to dendrite formation on …